{"id":990,"date":"2022-08-07T07:44:15","date_gmt":"2022-08-07T07:44:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.isb.edu\/student-blog\/?p=990"},"modified":"2025-12-31T09:22:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T09:22:08","slug":"after-9-years-of-break-from-academics-this-is-how-sudhir-aced-the-gre-exam-in-first-attempt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.isb.edu\/student-blog\/2022\/08\/07\/after-9-years-of-break-from-academics-this-is-how-sudhir-aced-the-gre-exam-in-first-attempt\/","title":{"rendered":"After 9 years of break from academics, this is how Sudhir aced the GRE exam in first attempt"},"content":{"rendered":"

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“Having a background in neither engineering nor mathematics, I was hesitant to go back to college after a nine-year break. In addition, I worked more than ten hours a day on average and frequently travelled for work. But I always knew that I need to pursue an MBA from a prestigious institution to enhance my perspective on the sector.<\/em><\/p>\n

I can still clearly remember how demotivated I was after seeing my performance on the first mock test. But as I learned more, I realised that everyone approaches the exam in a different way, so I came up with my own strategy.<\/em><\/p>\n

I didn’t think twice about giving myself plenty of time and spent almost a year getting ready. I took time in the morning before work started and cut the lunch and break times to get an extra hour in the day.<\/em><\/p>\n

The business trips interrupted my study schedules, so I made the decision to make up for it by dedicating more time on the weekends. Gradually, the mock scores started showing improvements, and I scored 331 in the first GRE attempt. And so, this one experience of acing the GRE test turned into a lifelong lesson in perseverance.”<\/em><\/p>\n

– Sudhir Gouda, PGP Class of 2023<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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